Zheng Qinyu felt unhappy when he saw the contempt in Ma Xianglin's eyes.
He said: "If the Xuanwei envoy is worried about his people, he can go and have a look in person. Xianguan is different. He has confidence in his people and believes that they can successfully cross the river to the other side."
"That's what I mean." Ma Xianglin stroked his beard and said with a smile, "It's not that I don't trust General Qin and the others, but that I want to see Sichuan and Gui's troops annihilate the rebels on the other side."
After saying that, without waiting for Zheng Qinyu to say anything, he laughed and strode away.
"Bah! The villain succeeds."
Zheng Qinyu looked at the other party's leaving figure and spat hard on the ground.
Both sides crossed the river almost at the same time, but Chuangui's soldiers and horses crossed the river first, which made him lose face and had to endure Ma Xianglin's look of being a villain.
"Commander, should we go back to the camp first and wait for news?" A member of the household on the side asked cautiously.
Hearing this, Zheng Qinyu's face drooped, and he said: "Go back, let's go, follow me to the lower reaches of the river, and see how Qu Qi, the commander, directed the crossing of the river, and the people from Sichuan Gui actually took the lead."
His men brought the war horses, and he mounted the horses and took his soldiers and servants to the downstream location of Xiangyang to guard the crossing of the river.
In the middle section of the river where the officers and soldiers crossed the river at three places, with the destruction of five river-crossing boats and hundreds of officers and soldiers, there were no officers and soldiers crossing the river on the river.
As Ma Xianglin and Zheng Qinyu left, the officers and soldiers on the river bank also left, leaving only a dozen officers and soldiers who were rescuing those who fell into the water.
"The messenger of comfort!"
Qin Yiming, who was guarding the river bank, noticed Ma Xianglin's arrival and hurriedly led people to greet him.
Ma Xianglin turned over and jumped off the horse, handed the reins to the men next to him, and walked towards the river while asking: "How is the situation?"
"The first troops to cross the river have already established a foothold on the other side of the river, and the remaining troops will soon be transported to the other side of the river." Qin Yiming, who was following behind, reported back.
Ma Xianglin nodded.
Walking to the river bank, he looked at several small boats transporting troops and horses in the river, and said: "The speed of transporting troops across the river must be accelerated. Once the thieves on the other side notice that you are crossing the river, they will soon send troops to intercept you. "
"Envoy Xuanwei, please rest assured. On the river, we may not be our opponents, but if we go ashore, all the thieves on the other side are tied up and they are no match for our white soldiers." Qin Yiming patted his chest and said.
The white pole soldiers fought against the rebels of She Chongming and An Bangyan, and they also went to Liaodong and fought against the slave thieves who were said to be invincible. The white pole soldiers fought with bloody bravery. He didn't pay attention to the chaos of the Tiger Character Banner at all.
In his opinion, the rebellion of the Tiger Character Banner is at best a She'an trend.
Ma Xianglin hesitated.
Thinking of the strength of the white pole soldiers, he felt that there would not be any big problems in the result of crossing the river, so he said: "As long as you are sure, the next battle will be up to you. You must show the prestige of our Sichuan noble soldiers. "
"Envoy Xuanwei, please rest assured. In the end, he will cross the river with the next wave of boats crossing the river. He will personally command the soldiers and horses that have crossed the river to fight against the rebels. They will definitely annihilate the rebels on the other side." Qin Yiming bowed and promised.
"I'm waiting for your good news."
Ma Xianglin looked at the river again.
Several ships transporting troops on the river did not encounter any obstacles and successfully rowed to the other side of the river.
This made Ma Xianglin very happy, indicating that the bandits on the other side had not yet discovered that the officers and soldiers were secretly crossing the river, giving the officers and soldiers more time to cross the river.
However, Bai Ganbing crossed the upper reaches of the river.
Not far from where the white pole soldiers landed, Qin Youliang, captain of the Tiger Flag's 2,000-man regiment, was holding a monocular and paying attention to the officers and soldiers who had just disembarked from the boat on the shore.
"Are we really just going to watch them cross the river?" Pu Kewei, the deputy captain of the thousand men next to him, asked.
Qin Youliang, who was staring at the situation on the shore, said: "No rush, let the officers and soldiers cross the river and go ashore first. When everyone is here, we will have a spoonful of stew."
"I'm afraid there are too many officers and soldiers crossing the river, and we can't fit them into one pot." Pu Kewei said.
Qin Youliang, who heard this, said disapprovingly: "There is nothing to worry about. Look at the flags of the officers and soldiers who have landed. They should be white-pole soldiers. If we eat these white-pole soldiers, Ma Xianglin will be defeated in a short time." I am afraid that the Shizhu Xuan comfort envoy will have no troops left, and the other troops of our Tiger Character Banner can also deal with Henan with peace of mind."
"Come on, you are the commander-in-chief of our army. You have the final say on how to fight. But don't be careless. After all, the white-pole soldiers are quite famous. They are different from the Ming army we encountered in the past. They are not that Easy to deal with." As his deputy, Pu Kewei reminded him worriedly.
Qin Youliang put down the monocular telescope in his hand, turned his head and looked at Pu Kewei and said: "The white pole soldiers are indeed somewhat capable, but that is only compared to other Ming armies. Don't forget, my lord has long said that the current form of warfare Things have changed. The threat of swords and guns in front of firearms has been greatly reduced. Now we are fighting against the white soldiers on the flat ground in front of us. What can they use to resist our firecrackers?"
Firearms changed warfare.
The reason why the firearms of the Ming army do not seem to be powerful is not that the firearms are not powerful enough, but that the Ming Dynasty itself does not want to develop and makes various deductions when making firearms. Most of the firearms produced are defective products, and the soldiers are not trained enough. Naturally, the military was unable to exert its due power on firearms.
No anti-theft
As more and more officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty landed ashore, Pu Kewei couldn't help but urge: "It's almost done! I saw a big shot among the officers and soldiers who just came ashore."
Several small boats transported officers and soldiers back and forth across the river, and the number of officers and soldiers on the river bank slowly accumulated to two to three thousand people.
"It should be Qin Yiming who came, but I don't know if Ma Xianglin has crossed the river." Qin Youliang saw the Qin-character banner on the river bank through the monocular in his hand.
Pu Kewei looked at him and said, "You don't want to stew even Ma Xianglin with a spoonful of it!"
"We are lucky. The people crossing the river upstream are Sichuan and Gui soldiers and horses. Naturally, I hope to catch Ma Xianglin, the leader of the Sichuan and Gui soldiers. Moreover, I heard that Ma Xianglin is one-eyed, but I don't know if it is true." Qin Youliang said.
Pu Kewei said: "It will be clear once we catch the person."
"So! We still have to wait. If Ma Xianglin hasn't crossed the river yet, if we take action at this time, he will run away." Qin Youliang said with a smile.
When Pu Kewei heard this, he didn't know what to say.
It can only be said that Qin Youliang is very ambitious. Not only does he want to annihilate the white soldiers in front of him, but he also wants to capture Ma Xianglin to complete this great achievement.
However, since Qin Youliang wanted to capture Ma Xianglin, he naturally had to cooperate with Qin Youliang as his deputy.
It would be best to catch Ma Xianglin.
The two men waited patiently for the boats on the river to repeatedly transport officers and soldiers across the river.
Because the Chinese army's banner could not be seen, neither of them could be sure whether Ma Xianglin had crossed the river and reached the other side.
